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The skeletons were found at the Minatogawa limestone quarry, located 10 km (6 mi) south of Naha, near the southern tip of the island.Okinawan businessman and amateur archaeologist Seiho Oyama noticed fossil bone fragments in some building stone blocks he had purchased from the quarry, and for two years he kept watch as the quarry was worked.
Its generic name means "dragon of death" in Greek, while its specific name is a Quechuan word meaning "flying serpent" and refers to the Incan deity Amaru. Thanatosdrakon is known from two specimens, the holotype, consisting of a partial postcranial skeleton, and the paratype, consisting of a left humerus. The holotype includes material that is ...
The Mingyi bielu claims that dragon bones are found in Jin and around Mt. Tai, and that dead dragons can be located in riverbanks and caves throughout the year; while Tao Hongjing states they can be found in Liang, Yi, and Ba. Lei Xiao reports that bones from Tanzhou, Cangzhou, and Taiyuan are of the highest quality. There was debate as to ...
A lot of that early research can be found on the pages of The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, first printed in 1958, and reprinted in 1991. Dinosaurs, reptiles, microbes and more: Check out NJ's ...
Oceanographers aim to have a definitive map of the seabed by 2030, and an exciting underwater discovery announced this week brings that goal a bit closer to reality. Ocean secrets
An excavation at England’s oldest hotel revealed 24 skeletons and a mix of additional bones, dating to over 1,000 years ago, buried in the hotel garden. Archaeologists Found 24 Skeletons From ...
Containing over 60% of the skeletal elements and 80% of the bone mass, it is, together with the smaller skeleton of Fukuivenator, one of the most complete dinosaur skeletons found in Japan. [3] The bones were found on a surface of seven by four metres (23 by 13 ft) and were partially articulated, though sometimes damaged by erosion.
It represents the skeleton of an immense imaginary sea serpent, whose vertebrae undulate to end in an open mouth. The work is installed at the tip of the Nez-de-Chien, in Mindin, in the territory of the commune of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins in the French département of Loire-Atlantique, at the limit where the Loire estuary joins the Atlantic Ocean.